Which birds can imitate the sounds of a chainsaw, a gun shot, and a crying baby? Detailed answer

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Which birds can imitate the sounds of a chainsaw, a gun shot, and a crying baby?

The Australian lyrebird has the most complex vocal organ of the passeriformes. This allows her to imitate the singing of any other bird and the calls of many animals, such as koalas or dingoes. In addition, there is ample evidence of masterful imitation of artificial sounds by lyrebirds: a chainsaw, an automobile engine and a horn, a shot from a gun, a crying child, and many others.

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In order to marry Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII of England had to divorce Catherine of Aragon, but the Pope did not allow this. Then the king submitted to Parliament for approval the Act of Restriction of Appeals. This act forbade all appeals to the Pope, proclaimed the Kingdom of England an empire, and endowed the emperor with absolute power. Another act a year later made Henry VIII the supreme head of the Church of England, essentially marking the beginning of its separation from Catholicism. Subsequently, England established its own form of Christianity, endowed with both Catholic and Reformation-Protestant attributes.

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